Wandering the Heavens

"If there are conditions, there is room for negotiation. Just tell me!" Yu Xian finally stopped what he was doing.

"They are both disabled now, they can't drag you down!" Gui Hai Yidao believed that this damn eunuch would not let two sickly people get on the boat to seek death on the endless sea.

"Gui Hai Yidao, you don't talk much, but once you open your mouth you want to kill us! The two of you have had your martial arts skills crippled by the power-sucking technique, yet you want to take advantage of us." Yu Xian sneered.

"We don't want to take advantage of Eunuch Cao. We just don't want to hinder his plan."

Most people would feel ashamed when hearing this, but Gui Hai Yidao's expressionless face was hard to break.

"Well! Shangguan Haitang, come forward." Shangguan Haitang looked at Gui Haiyidao with confusion and stepped forward.

"You have a lot of ideas, so I will grant you this Xiao Wuxiang Gong. Practice it well. Don't always bother with fancy things like flowers raining down from the sky and money falling all over the place." Yu Xian casually pulled out a booklet from the pile of drawings and handed it over.

"Why have I never heard of this kind of martial arts?" Shangguan Haitang was very surprised.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Gui Hai Yi Dao, come here too!" Yu Xian took out another booklet: "You have lost an arm now. Yi Jin Jing can help you coordinate your body to the greatest extent and adapt to your left hand as soon as possible. As for martial arts, you are good at swordsmanship. At present, we don't have any left-handed swordsmanship. Let's see if we can get one from Cheng Shi Fei later."

"Thank you for your concern, Eunuch Cao." Gui Hai Yidao stepped forward and took the booklet straightforwardly.

"We also want to see the outside world and not be dragged down by you guys." Yu Xian was a vengeful person, and he returned what Gui Hai Yidao had just said.

Okay, it’s confirmed that it’s the same dead eunuch from before.

After settling Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao, Yu Xian got busy with other things. He had previously learned navigation from Daiqisi, studied the manufacture and modification of ships at the Longjiang Shipyard, and presided over and personally participated in the first trip to Yinzhou.

And this time, he will set foot on that land again, go south and south, then turn north from the end, all the way east and finally return to Tianjin Port.

The Longjiang Shipyard had already begun construction, manufacturing ocean-going ships for a fleet of 6,000 people. Recruited fishermen and scholars who were interested in traveling far away were also sent to this place to be trained by Yu Xian himself.

Even Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao were not immune. In addition to practicing martial arts, they also had to learn how to read star maps and calculate directions, judge ocean currents and weather, and so on.

Didn't this damn eunuch say that he had never seen the outside world since he entered the palace at the age of six? How did he know this sailing knowledge that was more professional than the Giant Whale Gang?

As expected, the two saw Zhengde here. As an angel investor of a dead eunuch, this shameless man saw that the training class was well run and was eager to try it out. His learning ability was a big blow to Shangguan Haitang, the so-called smartest person in the world.

Yu Xian felt that his fate was not very friendly to water, so he firmly refused and said that he would just play in the north. After the firearms of the Armory were almost done, he could lead a large army out of the border to meet the Tatars. He was determined not to go to places with a lot of water, such as Shandong or even Jiangnan!

Zhengde felt that this damn eunuch was making a fuss out of nothing. His name contained the character for fire, and it was certain that water and fire were incompatible, but there was no need to be so nervous.

In order to dispel the old man's absurd ideas, Yu Xian really tried his best, and in the end he could only show him the latest firearms, indicating that this thing could be modified, and then he would lead a large army of firearms to go out of the border to avenge your great-grandfather and bring revenge to the Ming Dynasty.

It took such a big promise to persuade this old man.

If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected happens.

The ministers discovered that there was a problem with the treasury accounts, which meant that the emperor spending his own money had nothing to do with them, but someone still submitted a memorial requesting a thorough investigation.

Zhengde was furious, knowing that all these people's property was sent to him instead of the Ministry of Revenue because of the recent East Factory's large-scale imprisonment and property confiscation, which made them jealous. In order to keep them silent, he endured the pain and settled the accounts with the Ministry of Revenue.

Then he turned around and found trouble with the dead eunuch, and quickly reorganized the Shenjiying for him, so that he could go out and vent his anger on the Tatars, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable holding back his anger.

The client is really unreasonable. There is no way to predict the outcome of a fight with the Tatars using the flintlock rifles, unless we rebuild the three camps. Sorry, the Ming Dynasty is no longer strong enough to build three camps with a scale of 120,000 people.

When the gentleman heard that it would cost so much money and the court would not agree, he had to give up the idea. However, he still asked for some of the ship's cannons and a few gunners to be left for him, otherwise he would not be able to do it.

Yu Xian was even more troubled, so he quickly used both coaxing and tricking people away before he started to get down to business.

The news of Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao's disappearance outside the capital quickly spread. There were rumors that they were killed by their enemies and their bones were crushed to dust. There were also rumors that Wan Sanqian was resentful because his marriage proposal failed and he captured and imprisoned them. There were also rumors that they knew too many secrets of Tiedan Shenhou and were silenced.

These statements all make sense, but no one pays attention to them because these two people have lost their value.

Zhu Wusi was not distracted by these two people these days. He had a bigger trouble, which was that the court officials opposed his proposal to marry Su Xin.

At this moment, he felt unprecedented frustration. He thought that the rules of the world were to make way for the strong. He wanted to rebuild Hulong Villa, and the ministers agreed; he wanted to choose a new site for Hulong Villa, and the ministers also agreed. But now he just wanted to marry his beloved woman, but these ministers firmly opposed it for the sake of the royal family's face, and some imperial censors even did things like dying for remonstrance.

What does the reputation of the royal family have to do with these people! I am a member of the royal family, the uncle of the current emperor, I don't care, how can these people jump up and down to oppose it! Zhu Wusi felt extremely confused.

Regarding the logic between the strong and the rules, many people have a misunderstanding that as long as one is strong enough, the rules of the world will give way to this strong person.

But in reality, humans are social animals. Collective interests always take precedence over individual interests. No one is truly alone, and truly strong people cannot be outside the rules of the world.

Therefore, the strong must strictly abide by the rules they set in order to convince everyone.

"Wusi, all the ministers in the court are against it, so you should stop insisting on your own way. There is nothing wrong with the way we are now." Su Xin saw that Zhu Wusi was depressed and tried to comfort him.

"Yes, uncle, the ministers are all against it, and your brother cannot ignore their advice! Just think about it, his private treasury was robbed by the Ministry of Revenue not long ago. He was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days. He didn't dare to do anything!" Yun Luo made a joke here.

"Yes, yes! Lord Shenhou, you don't know that the ministers of the Ministry of Rites at that time didn't care about the emperor's bad face at all, and they were just about to have a few drinks." Cheng Shifei also joined in the fun.

"What do you know? My greatest wish in life is to be with the one I love for the rest of my life. But my father, my brother, and the current emperor all disagree. These ministers have been against it from the beginning to the end. I have fought for the Ming Dynasty and they can't even fulfill this little wish. What rules and dignity? They are so pedantic!" Zhu Wusi's mood was not improved by the three people, but became even more depressed.

"Anyway, I have decided. If everyone in the world opposes me marrying Su Xin, then what does it matter if I, Zhu Wusi, become the enemy of the world?"